Autumn Gold ~

"Autumn carries more gold in

its pocket than all the other seasons."

Jim Bishop

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overhead & underfoot
it's a golden time of year

Stand Therefore ~

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a wind has blown the rain away and blown
the sky away and all the leaves away,
and the trees stand.  I think I too have known
autumn too long
ee cummings

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they are falling fast
yet many remain
seasons change
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The Here And Now ~

the blue was just that blue

the gold that gold

yesterday afternoon

the brilliance

 shone

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"I want to remember

to let myself be intoxicated

 in the present

 - the here and now -

 so I can see the beauty

 right in front of me."

 Matt Knisely

 Framing Faith

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Graced ~

“How beautifully leaves grow old.

  How full of light and color are their last days.”

John Burrough

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Impending ~

"Now autumn's fire

burns slowly along the woods

and day by day

the dead leaves fall and melt."

William Allingham

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the woodbine is turning

one of the signs

 of autumn's approach

On The Watch ~

"Never say there is nothing beautiful

 in the world anymore.

 There is always something to

 make you wonder

 in the shape of a tree,

 the trembling of a leaf."

Albert Schweitzer

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may you find beauty

in unexpected places this week

Randomness ~

 

“Every moment is a golden one

 for him who has the vision

 to recognize it as such.” 

Henry Miller

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As some of you know,

I have been dealing with an arm and 

shoulder issue for the past 5 months

which they have determined is 

due to a pinched nerve in my neck.

Since using my camera and computer

seem to aggravate the problem, I will be

 taking a break for awhile.

I do hope to visit you from time to time.

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that cute little boy

is my grandson and he is

almost seven months old already

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blessings

 

Looking Up ~

"A certain blue enters your soul.

  A certain red

  has an effect on your blood-pressure."

 Henri Matisse

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 O suns and skies and flowers of June

count all your boasts together,

Love loveth best of all the year

October's bright blue weather.

Helen Hunt Jackson 

 - - -

this poem

in its entirety

can be found here

Heartbeat ~

"In every man’s heart

 there is a secret nerve that

  answers to the vibrations of beauty."

 Christopher Morley

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Departure ~

I thought to

wave farewell but 

their intent was on the leaving

 so quietly I murmured a 

note of gratitude for

 their beauty and

was still

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“Be still:
there is no longer

 any need of comment.
It was a lucky wind

that blew away his halo

 with his cares, a lucky sea that

drowned his reputation."

Thomas Merton

The Peeling Away ~

"Such days of autumnal decline hold

 a strange mystery which adds to the

 gravity of all our moods.”

 Charles Nodier

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the yellowed leaves

another chapter finished

another tale told

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The Path ~

“End? No, the journey doesn't end here.

  Death is just another path.

 One that we all must take.”

J.R.R. Tolkien

I run in the path of your commands

 for you have set my heart free.

 Psalm 119:32

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alongside 

one another 

the beginning

 and 

the ending lie

The Turning ~

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the aged body

belies the youthful

heart not yet

 turned

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"the fall of a leaf is 

a whisper

to the living"

Russian Proverb

September's Turning ~

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"Summer ends,

 and Autumn comes,

 and he who would have it otherwise

 would have high tide always and 

a full moon every night."

Hal Borland

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autumn

officially begins on

September 22, 2013

in the Northern Hemisphere

unofficially the signs of its impending

arrival are becoming evident

The Coming Season ~

 “One of the great lessons

 the fall of the leaf teaches, is this:

 Do your work well

 and then be ready to depart

 when God shall call.”

Tryon Edwards

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The Queen's Leaves ~

"Nature is painting for us,

day after day,

pictures of infinite beauty

if only we have the eyes to see them."

John Ruskin

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But blessed are your eyes because they see,

 and your ears because they hear.

Matthew 13:16 

No Bull ~

I've been known to focus

on things of little

consequence

consequently losing sight

 of the big picture

to be honest,

I'm not sure whether

this was a bull or not

he was looking a little testy and

 a car was approaching

all good reasons

 not to dawdle

right

?  ?  ?

Psalm 50:9-11

says it well

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As August Concludes ~

 whether intertwined

 suspended

 ditched

 or swamped

August

 knows its colors

*  *  *

"It will not always be summer; build barns."

Hesiod

Tarrying ~

the pentecostal tongues

 of spring appear

announcing

new beginnings

: : :

Nature talks in symbols;

 he who lacks imagination

 cannot understand her.

 Abraham Miller

Autumn ~

how beautifully

leaves

grow old

how full

of

light and color

are their last days

John Burroughs